Bhagwanpura, Haryana

Bhagwanpura, also known as Baghpur, is a village in Thanesar sub-district of Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India.[1] It is an archaeological site that lies on the bank of Hakra Ghaggar channel.[2][3] Situated 24 km northeast of Kurukshetra, the site is notable for showing an overlap between the late Harappan and Painted Grey Ware cultures. Painted Grey Ware is generally associated with the Vedic people, so this area can be said as the junction of two great civilizations of India.

Bhagwanpura, Haryana
Archeological site
Bhagwanpura, Haryana
Coordinates: 30°04′N 76°57′E
CountryIndia
ProvinceHaryana

An archaeological museum at Sheikh Chilli's Tomb complex in Thanesar established by the Archaeological Survey of India consists of archaeological finds like a humped bull-shaped carnelian pendant, terracotta beads and semi-precious stones from sites in Bhagwanpura.[4]

Overview

Bhagwanpura shows one period of habitation, with two sub-periods:[5]

  • Sub-period IA: late Harappan culture (c. 1700–1300 BCE)
  • Sub-period IB: overlap between late Harappan and PGW culture (c. 1400–1000 BCE)

During sub-period IA, the late Harappan people lived in houses of burnt brick and built mud platforms to protect against flooding. During sub-period IB, the late Harappan pottery continued, but a new form of pottery (the PGW) was introduced. Initially, the PGW people lived in thatched wattle-and-daub huts, but later they began to build mud-walled houses. One large house had thirteen rooms and a courtyard, and may have belonged to a chief. Towards the end of sub-period IB, the PGW people began to use burnt bricks, but no complete structures have been found. During both phases, cattle, sheep, and pig were domesticated, but horse bones have only been found in sub-period IB. Six oval structures from this sub-period may have had some ritualistic use.[6]

Some scholars believe that the burnt bricks (square, rectangular, and wedge-shaped) from sub-period IB were not in fact used for building houses, but for the construction of Vedic fire altars.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Bhagwanpur". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. India9
  4. "Archaeological Museum, Thanesar". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. J.P. Joshi (1993), Excavation at Bhagwanpura 1975 - 76 : and other explorations & excavations 1975 - 81 in Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab. Archaeological Survey of India
  6. Joshi (1993)
  7. J.M. Kenoyer (2006), "Cultures and Societies of the Indus Tradition. In Historical Roots" in the Making of ‘the Aryan’, R. Thapar (ed.), pp. 21–49. New Delhi, National Book Trust.
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